39.2% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Silverwater · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Silverwater
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Silverwater finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 39.2% completing Year 12. Despite this gap in secondary schooling, a fair number of adults hold higher qualifications, though the area remains well below the national average for university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 33.9% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Silverwater, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 20.4% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.4% of residents.
20.4% ▲ +51.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Silverwater, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 14.6%, followed by society and culture at 12.6% and health at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one independent combined school within 3km of the area. This school is smaller than most others of its type, with an average size of 106 students.
1
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
106
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,001
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Silverwater
1 school — 106 students, average ICSEA 1,001.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Brightwaters Christian College, Brightwaters | Independent | Combined | 1.8 km | 106 | 1,001 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Silverwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13561/silverwater/topic/education